10 Life Lessons We Learn Too Late

What wisdom would you add to this list?

Editor’s Note: Last year, a user on the crowdsourced question-and-answer website Quora.com asked, “What are the lessons people most often learn too late in life?” Jay Bazzinotti wrote the following response. What lesson(s) would you add to his list? Comment below, or email us.

6. Any seeds you planted in the past, either good or bad, will begin to bear fruit and affect the quality of your life as you get older — for better or worse.

7. Jealousy is a wasted emotion. People you hate are going to succeed. People you like are going to sometimes do better than you did. Kids are going to be smarter and quicker than you are. Accept it with grace.

8. That big house you had to have becomes a bigger and bigger burden, even as the mortgage gets smaller. The cleaning, the maintenance, the stairs — all of it. Don’t let your possessions own you.

9. You will badly regret the things you didn’t dofar more than the things you did that were “wrong” — the girl you didn’t kiss, the trip you didn’t take, the project you kept putting off, the time you could have helped someone. If you get the chance — do it. You may never get the chance again.